Best of CH 2014: Cool Hunting Video

Highlighting our favorite videos of the year, from street magic to empathetic robots

Cuddling up with friends and family to watch some home videos is a classic holiday pastime, and the CH family can’t help but get nostalgic by revisiting some of our own greatest videos this year. With camera in tow, the CH video team had the fortunate opportunity to explore creative processes, discover hidden whereabouts and participate in some pretty exclusive experiences this year. From a …

Robot Swarm at MoMath

A new interactive exhibition featuring friendly and colorful artificial intelligence

They might be kept under the glass floor of a boxing ring-like installation, but that doesn’t mean the robots within NYC’s National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath)’s new exhibition aren’t friendly. In fact, they seek out interactions with each other as well as the museum’s visitors, with clear intelligence and near-cheer. Two dozen robots live under the exhibit floor, glowing a variety of colors—with each color …

Anki Drive

Robotic, artificial intelligence and video games meet the real world in this iOS-driven racing game

Video games, by nature, have always existed in the virtual world. While no less real or engaging to players, gaming has largely been contained to screens—at least until now. Anki Drive fuses robotics, artificial intelligence and video game styling and narrative into a real world game. Using an iOS app, players choose a character (in this case a car) that corresponds with a real, hold-it-in-your-hand …